VIA, Everex claim 'world's most energy efficient' laptop

Taiwan's VIA today touted its eco-credentials once more, this time claiming the use of its C7-M mobile processor in US OEM Everex's NC1500 notebook makes the machines the most "energy efficient" laptop on the planet.

VIA based the claim on the C7-M's "best performance-per-watt operation in the industry" - at 1.5GHz, the clock speed fo the chip in the NC1500, the C7-M consumes no more than 12W.

Everex has helped out a little too: the notebook's hard drive is a 60GB parallel ATA unit that spins at a mere 4,200rpm.